When you buy a TV streaming box, there are certain things you wouldn’t expect it to do. It shouldn’t secretly be laced with malware or start communicating with servers in China when it’s powered up.

Cheap Android TV boxes have quietly become one of the most dangerous devices on the home network, not because of what you watch on them but because of what they might be doing in the background.

On the surface, the Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming ...

“Android TV” has essentially two meanings on the market today. There’s the official Android TV OS by Google, which powers TV sets, streaming dongles, and set-top boxes, and then there’s Android, but ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Manufactured by Askey for Google, the ADT-3 was the third in a line of Android TV boxes meant for developers to test their ...

Marketplaces and e-waste recycling centers are practically overflowing with the things: ARM-based streaming TV boxes that run some — usually very outdated and compromised — version of Android. While ...

Android TV streaming boxes that promise "everything for one price" are everywhere right now. You'll see them on big retail sites, in influencer videos, and even recommended by friends who swear ...

At $39.99 with a $3 coupon option for Amazon Prime members, the T95 Android 10.0 TV box might seem like a good value. But when an unsuspecting but cybersecurity-savvy customer ordered one up, he said ...

Which Android streaming box is best? Fans of the Android operating system on a smartphone will appreciate the ability to use that same interface on a TV streaming box. An Android streaming box gives ...

After its two-year-old streaming dongle for Android TV developers goes by the wayside, we’ve confirmed that Google is preparing an ADT-4 streaming box for Android TV development which brings a number ...

A Canadian systems security consultant discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. The malware was discovered ...